{"id":563,"date":"2019-12-03T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/hrc-realty-and-century-21-town-country-real-estate-combine\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:05:14","slug":"hrc-realty-and-century-21-town-country-real-estate-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/hrc-realty-and-century-21-town-country-real-estate-combine\/","title":{"rendered":"HRC Realty and Century 21 Town &#038; Country Real Estate Combine to Form Powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>HRC Realty and Century 21 Town &amp; Country Real Estate Combine to Form Powerhouse Serving the Real Estate Needs of Buyers and Sellers In Metro Detroit<\/h2>\n<h6><em>New Leadership Team Focused on Delivering Extraordinary Experiences to Consumers and Industry Professionals Looking for a Place to Call Home.&nbsp;<\/em><em>C21<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Broker and Easterseals<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Legend John Kersten Honored with the \u201cLegend Award,\u201d Offices\/Agents Commit to Supporting His Unparalleled Philanthropy <\/em><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.century21.com\/about-us\/about\/company-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Century 21 Real Estate LLC<\/a> announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrcrealty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HRC Realty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.century21.com\/century-21-town-%26-country-4192c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CENTURY 21 Town &amp; Country<\/a>, an industry leader with five offices and more than 250 affiliated agents, have joined forces and will continue to serve the real estate needs of home buyers and sellers in metro Detroit. President &amp; CEO of HRC Realty, Chris Hendrix, stressed that the company will continue with its overall commitment to delivering extraordinary experiences to home buyers, sellers and industry professionals looking for a place to call home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile growth is central, partnering with the quality of companies like CENTURY 21 Town &amp; Country ensures that our clients and home buying consumers from across metro Detroit are receiving personalized, unique moments along every step of the relationship and the extraordinary experiences that they should be demanding, and most certainly deserve, from their real estate company and agent of choice,\u201d says Hendrix.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the announcement, Hendrix, joined by president and chief executive officer of Century 21 Real Estate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/game-changers\/michael-miedler\/\">Michael Miedler<\/a>, and president and chief executive officer of Easterseals Michigan, Brent Wirth, announced that the first-ever C21<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\/Easterseals \u201cLegend Award\u201d will be given to John Kersten for its 20+ year commitment to Easterseals<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> and the more than $21 million raised during that time by him and the CENTURY 21 Town &amp; Country team. Hendrix, HRC and Town &amp; Country will continue that support moving forward under the new partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Both Chris and Bill McCullen, Senior VP &amp; Director of Special Operations, will lead the combined entity of HRC Realty and CENTURY 21 Town &amp; Country forward, one that now consists of approximately 600 sales associates in 17 offices located throughout Southeast, and Central Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Century 21 Real Estate LLC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The approximately 131,000 independent sales professionals in approximately 10,000 offices spanning 83 countries and territories in the CENTURY 21 System live their mission everyday: to defy mediocrity and deliver extraordinary experiences. By consistently chasing excellence, giving 121% and always elevating, the CENTURY 21 brand is helping its affiliated brokers\/agents to be the first choice for real estate consumers and industry professionals worldwide. 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